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I have more than 25 years of government contract management and technical writing experience. My experience centered around publishing and communications with a focus on U.S. Government Global Health Communications material production mainly focused on infectious diseases, pandemic response and women and children’s health, I am confident that my experience makes me an ideal fit for this role. As a reliable and effective communications manager, I understand the importance of delivering exceptional writing and editing, collaborating with subject matter experts, and cultivating relationships with involved stakeholders to produce informative promotional internal and external outreach initiatives designed to move target audiences to take action.
English Teacher (January 2018–February 2020), Burlington English, Rehovot, Israel
Taught English to adults with professional, military, and intelligence backgrounds from basic to professional levels in private, classroom, military and corporate settings. Taught business and legal English writing to corporate clients, including the Israeli Transit Authority, Pearl-Cohen (Israel’s largest law firm), Elbit (Israel’s largest defense contractor), and specific teams within the Israeli Defense Forces for daily engagement with American clients.
Key Achievements:
- Reached highest student advancement rate
- Requested by corporate clients by name for English Business Communications instruction.
Global Health Communications Manager, Senior Writer-Editor (July 2002–June 2018), Washington, DC
Under four successive contracts with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Global Health Bureau within the U.S. Department of State and the First Lady’s Office under 2006–2009 subcontract. (ISTI, Masimax, RTI, JSI, and Insight Systems).
Served as the liaison to U.S. State Department and USAID for global health communications materials creation, production, and dissemination, mainly in infectious diseases, pandemic response and women and children’s health. Lead editor for materials from the President’s Malaria Initiative, Global Health Security Agenda and Pandemic Response Team. Managed creative staff to produce, print, and post online materials for global conferences, meetings, seminars, U.S. Government briefings, Presidential presentations, congressional hearings and First Lady’s Office. Developed quality control and production procedures for communications materials. Edited and wrote reports for U.S. Congress on behalf of USAID. Compiled annual and project final reports for all projects under successive contracts. Maintained knowledge base of U.S. Government Printing Office Style Guides and USAID Branding Guidelines. Managed vendors and freelancers, including bidding, selection and invoicing.
Key Achievements:
- Flagged press releases coming out of the First Lady's office (Laura Bush) with misquotes and factual errors. Requested by Ms. Bush to review all materials relating to global health initiatives coming out of her office for the last 2 years she was in the White House.
- Consulted on all reports pertaining to global health, participating in meetings, where they had an impasse in terms of accomplishing tasks, applying production procedure expertise and superior organization.
- Led production of more than 100 reports to Congress and managed creative team that had no turnover in 16 years due to effective managerial style.
- Streamlined quality control procedures to address errors in materials before arrival.
Communications Manager, Senior Writer-Editor (July 1993–June 2002), West Palm Beach, Florida, and Washington, DC
Under three successive contracts with DOJ, IRS, FCC, USDA, FDA, and CVM (LRP, Telecommunications International, Kleinrock, UCG, and Food Chemical News)
Led creative staff to produce, print, and post online materials for conferences, meetings, seminars, and government briefings. Managed bidding, selection, and invoicing of vendors and freelancers as back-up to Office Manager. Arranged meetings, parties, and conferences. Edited features, reports, blog posts, white papers, talking points, brochures, briefs, websites and presentations for clarity and brevity for target audiences including congressional staffers. Wrote and edited annual reports for U.S. Government agencies, documenting budget allocations, task completions, and lessons learned.
- Created first electronic newsletter sent from USDA and FDA to a set subscriber list (via PalmPilots).
- Developed quality control and tracking procedures for reports from the field, newsletters, and electronic communications.
Author, Novelist, Columnist, Essayist, Humorist (June 1985–Present)
Write monthly column for Hemmings Classic Car (since 2013), “International Underdogs,” and a additional quarterly column (since 2017). Published writer of novels, biographies, essays and short stories.
Key Achievements:
- Column featured in special exhibit in 2017 at the American Automobile Club of America Museum in Pennsylvania.
- Wrote introduction to Mah Jongg, the Art of the Game in 2016.
- Wrote comprehensive biography of Harriet Lane, niece of President James Buchanan, Harriet Lane, America’s First Lady in 2004, which led to lecture series and tours of historical sites.
- Wrote two books that became Hadassah Book Club selections and feature presentations at all-female performances in Las Vegas: On Tuesdays, They Played Mah Jongg (2005) and Michael’s Secrets (2009).
